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"Stock" means "livestock" = cows, pigs etc. It means "by buying animals jointly with other farmers" - the farmers each own a share of each animal because none of them can afford to buy a whole animal. It also shares the risk - if an animal dies the loss is shared by several farmers and does not cause financial ruin to just one of them.

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"Stock" means "livestock" = cows, pigs etc. It means "by buying animals jointly with other farmers" - the farmers each own a share of each animal because none of them can afford to buy a whole animal. It also shares the risk - if an animal dies the loss is shared by several farmers and does not cause financial ruin to just one of them.